I-KID-A-POD

Final Episode of Season 11. Thank you all for listening to our podcast this year!! 

In today's episode you will learn about rookie musher Sadie Lindquist and what a dropped dog means. There are also updates post race!

The Red Lantern Award, Musher's Banquet, Hanna Lyrek, and much more. 

More races updates in today's episode as well as two days in history, some mushing lingo, and information about microchipping.

On today's episode we have two trail trivia's to help catch up from Wisconsin's snow days. Enjoy our race update and meet the dogs and meet the musher! 

Welcome back! We've had an extra long weekend after our record breaking snowstorm and are full of race updates! You'll also meet two musher dog teams and learn about The Red Lantern Award. 

Welcome to our 3rd episode of the season! Today you will hear about the first musher to scratch, learn more about the Mother of the Iditarod, and get to know rookie Joseph Sabin. 

First day race updates, meet the musher, trail trivia, and meet the dogs. 

Welcome to another season of I-Kid-A-Pod! As we start our 11th season, we discuss opportunities students have had to learn more about the Iditarod sled dog racing leading up to today's ceremonial start. Check back every weekday as students follow this year's race!

Today is the final episode of the 2025 Iditarod Season. Thank you for following along this year as the students reported on all they were learning. Be sure to check back next year to hear what the new 4th graders will research! Thank you Riverside PTO for your support with Podbean, and Riverside for the support of Iditrod Insider! 

So many mushers finished the race over the weekend! Today's race update will give you all the details. You'll also learn about some of the race rules, dog breeds, and musher Anna Berington. 

Exciting news! We have a 2025 Iditarod Winner! Check out who it was plus information about this year's route change in today's episode.

What happens with a moose on the trail? What was the serum run? Who's in the lead? It's another exciting episode of I-Kid-A-Pod! 

In today's episode you'll learn about our current leaders in the race, an award that has been given out most recently, and all about musher Jeff Deeter.

Welcome Back! Today we hear about dropped dogs, the burled arch, and race speed records. 

Sadly, there were many mushers who scratched over the weekend. Today's race update give you all the details. You'll also learn about what a lead dog is in today's episode.

Our last catch up episode from the snow day. This was for Friday March 7, 2025. Tomorrow we should be back on track with the latest news. Thanks for sticking with us. 

Today's episode includes race updates from Thursday, March 6th. You'll also learn mushing lingo and what the Red Lantern Award is!

We had a snow day on Wednesday, so we'll publish the rest of the week over the weekend. Thanks for hanging tight with our delay. 

Today's episode will start with our first race update, teach you about the history of the race, and identify some of the rules mushers must follow. Enjoy!

Second episode of our 10th season of Iditarod Coverage from the classroom. The students are ready to share all they've learned. Today starts the race, leaving from Fairbanks. 

**This episode had mic problems. We're working on getting a new microphone for the student episode later today.   This episode discusses our class projects leading up to the I-Kid-A-Pod. 

Our final episode of the season, following the race we hear from students on their thoughts of the unit, a meet the dogs segment, Trail Trivia, and Mushing Lingo. Thanks for following this season! See you next year! 

All of the mushers and their teams have made it to Nome! In today's episode, you'll learn mushing lingo, more about the different types of dogs, and find out what happened during the Finisher's Banquet on Sunday. Make sure to check out our final episode of the season tomorrow!

More mushers are crossing the finish line! Check out today's race update to see who's made it to Nome. You'll also meet a few of Ryan Redington's dog team and learn about the Red Lantern Award. 

Today's episode has the race update, meet the musher about Anna Berington, history about Dorothy Page, Fun facts about out of this years mushers- who won the most awards, How many awards Jeff King has won. 

Today we get a chance to announce the champion of the race, hear about meet the dogs and some mushing lingo. 

In today's race update you'll find details about some of the mushers' decisions to scratch. You'll also learn new mushing lingo, hear about the Widow's Lamp, and meet the Father of the Iditarod, Joe Redington. 

Get today's race update, learn some mushing lingo, trail trivia, and meet the musher about Matt Failor. 

In episode 6 you'll meet musher Matt Hall, learning more mushing lingo, and get another race update. 

Welcome back to the next episode of I-Kid-A-Pod. Today includes the latest Race Updates, We'll meet Dallas Seavey on Meet the Musher, hear some trail trivia about Ryan Redington, and talk a little about Kristy Berington's dogs. 

Welcome back! In today's episode you'll meet Dallas Seavey's dog team, learn about the Serum Run, and get a new race update. 

Today we'll hear the race update, more about mushing lingo, and the father of the Iditarod, Joe Redington, Sr. 

Today is Episode 2 of our new season with 4th graders as your hosts! You will learn more about musher Mille Porsild, the Yukon Award, our first race update and more. Check back tomorrow for the next episode!

Our kick-off episode for the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Join the students as they follow the 52nd Iditarod in Alaska. 

Today is our final episode of Season 8! More mushers have crossed the finish line since our last race update. In today's episode you'll hear about the dog breeds of the race, meet mushers Gerhardt Thiart and Riley Dyche, and learn about the Widow's Lamp. Thanks for tuning in to this season. See you next year!

Today we'll learn about the first 10 mushers to finish and get to Nome, about swing and lead dogs, and about the collar tags they get at the banquet. Check back tomorrow for the end of Season 8.

Many racers are close to the finish! Along with today's race update, you'll learn more mushing lingo, day in history, and meet musher Nicholas Petit. *We now have a 2023 Iditarod winner! Check back tomorrow to hear all about him!

Today were hear about Brent Sass and Greg Vitello having to scratch, learning about Swing Dogs, and Trivia about the race. 

We're just about half way through the race! In today's episode, meet musher Wade Mars' dogs, learn more mushing lingo, and get race updates. Have a great weekend!

On today's episode catch the race update, learn about Kelly Maixner in meet the musher, and today's moment in history hear about Dorothy Page, the "Mother of the Iditarod." 

In today's episode you will learn who the winner of the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of the Iditarod award was in our Race Update. You'll also hear some mushing lingo and meet rookie musher Eddie Burke Jr. 

Today we have the latest race update, with Jennifer LaBar scratching, along with Trail Trivia about the sport Canicross. 

The race has started! Check out today's episode to see our current race leaders, learn about musher Matt Hall, and hear the timeline of the Iditarod's fastest finishers. Then, come back tomorrow to see how the new race standings.

Last day of pre race coverage, Musher Banquet, Bib #1, Trail Trivia, and much more. See you Monday for a Race Update. 

In today's episode, you'll learn some fun trail trivia as well as what lead dogs are and who musher Kristy Berington is. You'll also learn all about the Red Lantern Award. 

Check out our pre-race coverage about the Mandatory Equipment in Rule 16, Some dog care, and our featured musher Bridgett Watkins. Check back tomorrow for more pre-race coverage.